School-To-Work Transition in Comparative Perspective / / edited by Dominik Buttler, Maciej Lawrynowicz, and Piotr Michon.

• TeilnehmendeR: Buttler, Dominik,; Lawrynowicz, Maciej,; Michoń, Piotr,; Edward Elgar Publishing,
• Place / Publishing House: Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

"Incisive and forward-thinking in its approach, this prescient book investigates the conditions of the often unstable school-to-work transition (SWT) period, calling for an improvement in labour market entry processes in order to facilitate the smooth integration of school leavers into employment. School-to-Work Transition in Comparative Perspective captures the complex nature of SWTs by proposing and evaluating a new set of metrics which can act as a composite indicator of early employment security. Case studies in the form of biographies from individuals who have experienced turbulent transitions are then analysed in order to outline potential lessons from these lived experiences. Through detailed multi-disciplinary study, the book delivers a cross-country comparative assessment of the SWT period, providing new insights into the complex and dynamic nature of this transition process. It further examines what models of SWT are present in post-socialist countries, with a specific focus on Central and Eastern European states. This compelling book will be an important read for students, academics and researchers in the fields of sociology and social policy, labour policy, welfare states, education and economics. Its presentation of new measures through which to evaluate the SWT period will also greatly benefit professionals and practitioners working in education, labour policy and welfare states"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction to School-to-Work Transition in Comparative Perspective -- PART I New indices in school-to-work transition research -- 2. Constructing a composite indicator of early employment security -- 3. Employment quality of young workers in Europe and its determinants -- PART II Determinants and consequences of turbulent transitions -- 4. Learning from precarious trajectories: portraits of young adults in four European countries -- 5. Recruiters' valuation of young people's employment insecurities in Bulgaria and Switzerland: making sense of job-hopping and unemployment in the hiring process -- 6. Do the interactions with employment services and other institutions facilitate school-to-work transitions? Experiences of young people in Bulgaria, Czechia and Poland -- PART III Towards a new typology of transition regimes. The case of post-socialist countries -- 7. School-to-work transition regimes in post-socialist countries -- 8. School-to-work transition in Czechia: integration of a majority, marginalization of some -- 9. School-to-work transition in Bulgaria: smooth for some, precarious for many -- 10. School-to-work transition in Latvia: Many paths, few pathbreakers -- 11. School-to-work transition in Poland: a false reality of numbers -- 12. Transition from education to work in Bulgaria, Czechia, Latvia and Poland: a comparative summary -- 13. Conclusions on school-to-work transition in comparative perspective -- Index.